Flags at the The 36th ASEAN Australia Forum (AAF), held in Melbourne, Australia on 5-6 February 2024
Daniel Walding, DFAT

Preventing conflict in our region: options for Australian statecraft
Rory Medcalf, Huong Le Thu and Bec Strating outline how Australia and ASEAN can work together to help prevent conflict in the Indo-Pacific through creative and strategic statecraft.
  • ASEAN
  • Southeast Asia
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Foreign policy
Image displaying ASEAN flags
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Thu, 23 Jul - Fri, 24 Jul 2026

Regional stability: focus on Southeast Asia

This program explores Southeast Asia as a nexus of strategic rivalry in the Indo-Pacific.
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The National Security Podcast
31 Jul 2025
The National Security Podcast

How can we avoid conflict in our region?

In this episode, Bec Strating, Huong Le Thu and Collin Koh join Rory Medcalf to delve into the complexities of conflict prevention in the Indo-Pacific region, emphasising the role of ASEAN, Australia and other partners.

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Group photo after a Roundtable hosted by the ANU National Security College for the Cambodian National Defence University delegation
Jed Buchanan, NSC

Building partnerships in national security education
NSC recently hosted Cambodia’s National Defense University for a roundtable on national security education – sharing insights on program design, capacity building, and the role of universities.
  • ASEAN
  • Cambodia
  • Regional Ssecurity
  • Indo-Pacific
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NSC represented at the US Indo-Pacific Command's Military Law and Operations conference
Senior Policy Advisor David Andrews represented the College at the US Indo-Pacific Command's MILOPS conference.
  • Defence
  • Military
  • Indo-Pacific
  • China
  • United States
  • ASEAN
  • Alliances
Professor Rory Medcalf AM with Singapore’s Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs Mr. K Shanmugam
Singaporean Ministry of Home Affairs

Asian security summit: NSC at Shangri-La Dialogue
Professor Rory Medcalf AM, took part in the dialogue and held discussions with a range of security experts and policy leaders in Singapore.
  • ASEAN
  • Southeast Asia
  • Shangri-La dialgoue
  • Singapore
Attendees at the NSC Laotian roundtable
Jed Buchanan, NSC

Regional security in focus at NSC roundtable with Lao delegation
NSC hosts the Lao-Australia Friendship Association, led by Dr Khiane Phansourivong.
  • ASEAN
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Laos
The National Security Podcast
14 Mar 2024
The National Security Podcast

ASEAN-Australia ambitions: celebrating 50 years of dialogue

In this episode, Pichamon Yeophanton, Huong Le Thu and Don McLain Gill join Rory Medcalf on the sidelines of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to assess the state of ASEAN-Australia relations, and explore the opportunities and challenges facing deeper engagement.

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